(共16张PPT)
Festival Menu
Unit 3 Celebrations Reading Club
Let’s watch a short video first.
Please tell me what does this video talk about
Agenda
What is your favorite food during Spring Festival
This video talks about China’s New Year Feast(年夜饭)
Do you know the meaning of this food
Food plays a major role in celebrations in China.
Spring Festival dishes are full of special cultural meanings, and are seen as a way for people to express their hopes and wishes for the coming year.
Please look at the four pictures on Page 65 and predict what we will learn in this article.
Read the text quickly and try to find the meaning of each food.
Deep-fried fish in sweet and sour sauce
It literally means a surplus(盈余) of food and symbolizes plentiful wealth.
Chinese dumplings
It is believed that they will bring wealth and prosperity(繁荣).
Eight Treasure rice pudding
Four Joy meatballs
It means good luck, happiness and fortune.
It means blessing, wealth, longevity and happiness(福、禄、寿、喜).
Click to add title
General Understanding
Read the text and answer the following questions.
Which Spring Festival dishes are believed to bring fortune
Which dishes symbolise happiness in the new year
Click to add title
General Understanding
Read the text and answer the following questions.
Which dishes symbolise happiness in the new year
Which Spring Festival dishes are believed to bring fortune
Deep-fried fish in sweet and sour sauce, Chinese dumplings, Eight Treasure rice pudding, and Four Joy meatballs are believed to bring fortune.
Eight Treasure rice pudding and Four Joy meatballs symbolise happiness in the new year.
Click to add title
Critical Thinking
Example:
Wealth and prosperity is highly prized in Chinese culture as dishes such as deep-fried fish and jiaozi have word play and meanings related to these ideas.
What cultural meanings can you infer from the names of the dishes
Discussion
What’s the festival menu in your family
Why is festival menu important
You can use the expressions below.
My family usually has ... for [节日名称].
On [节日], we always cook ... at home.
The festival menu in my family includes ... Festival menu is important because ....
The reason festival menu matters is that ....
It’s important to have a festival menu because ....
It makes us happy
We can enjoy time with family
It reminds us of the festival
family tradition
bring family together
share happiness
special meaning
good memories
show love
feel the festival atmosphere
Thank you